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How Second-Hand Items Help Me Be More Gracious

April 15, 2010

Several months back, I found this frame at Goodwill for $2.50. I LOVE it when I find frames with mats, because mats take a picture from good to fabulous. It came with a little tag that said “meow” on it, and since the odds of me EVER owning a furry pet that walks around my [...]

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Local, Organic Buying vs. Frugality

June 18, 2009

This topic has come up several times recently in the comments, and so I thought perhaps devoting a post to it would be a good idea. Ideologically,  I am 100% on board with the idea of buying local, organic food. I think it’s a wonderful thing for both people and the planet. Unfortunately, local, organic [...]

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Want to see my new black nightstands?

March 10, 2009

I’m finally finished painting the two nightstands that I bought at Goodwill recently, so I thought I’d share pictures. First, here’s what our old Ikea nightstands looked like. We had two, and this one was in the best shape. The other one came from an antique store(I know…what kind of antique store sells Ikea furniture??) [...]

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How to Paint Wooden Furniture

March 5, 2009

I know-this post has been a long time coming! After I wrote about my painted freecycle furniture, lots of you asked for a tutorial on painting and I’m finally getting around to it.  While I’m not a professional painter and my paint jobs aren’t perfect, I hope that reading about what I’ve learned will be [...]

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The nightstand-painted!

January 27, 2009

Last week the weather was indeed warm enough for me to spray the primer onto the nightstand, and  I also got a couple of coats of paint done before it got dark.    Although it got colder the next day, I was able to finish up the rest of the painting indoors(since I brush on [...]

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Whee! A sweet freecycle find!

January 15, 2009

So, back in July I posted about a little nightstand that I’d painted white for Zoe’s room. I was pretty happy with how well it matched her dresser, but I just wasn’t a big fan of the scroll detail on the nightstand drawers since the dresser drawers are flat. Well, I snagged a nightstand from [...]

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